十八學士是李世民麾下一個十分重要且帶有政治色彩的文學團體，本論文主要在論述他們的詩文創作與文學活動。在詩歌方面，他們最大的貢獻，是端正了初唐綺靡的宮體豔情詩體和詩風，帶領整個唐代詩壇走向雅正一途。但就現存作品而言，數量最多的卻是奉和詩。這類作品雖偶有精品，但大多華麗空泛，對當時的詩壇產生了一定的消極影響。遊宴詩的創作，則激發了詩人的創造力，提高了詩人的創作水準，對詩歌的發展起了積極性的作用。至於邊塞詩更在此時嶄露頭角，爲爾後高適、岑參開啓了光聲。在古文創作方面，他們爲了符合唐太宗以政治爲出發點的雅正文學觀，多大力提倡文章應爲政治所用。然而，他們也注重文章的審美藝術作用，因此，在整個初唐社會中，文章的政治和藝術作用可說是並行不悖的。至於編纂詩文總集的價值則主要體現在輯佚辨僞辨重和文字考訂校勘兩方面。

The Eighteen Scholars who were under Li Shimin's command is an important literatus society with political tint. This study aims to their literature producing and literature activities. Literarily, they corrected the gorgeous fashion of writing poetry and leaded the literature into the graceful and straight direction in the early Tang Dynasty. In terms of the amount of their poetry, the poems did for emperor' asked were the most. But this kind of poetry made a negative impact on the Tang Poetry. On the other hand, Feast Tour Poetry improved the poet’s production quality and made a positive impact on the Tang Poetry. And Frontier Poetry emerged during the period, too. Besides, they also wrote ancient prose and compiled many anthologies of poems and articles. Former, they combined political and art function. Latter, they can collate predecessors' articles.